Call Clayton Perry today at (704) 231-4809"Making You Profit"







Clayton R. Perry, Sr.
2400 Oberwood Drive  |  Charlotte, North Carolina 28270  |  (704) 231-4809


Qualification Summary
Automotive Management and Sales Consultant experienced in the development of automotive sales and leasing programs designed to increase staff productivity while achieving sales and profit targets identified by owners of automobile dealerships nationwide.


Background Summary
· Used Car Management
· New Car Management
· Finance and Insurance Management
· Retail Lease Management
· General Sales Management


Professional Experience


Automotive Management/Sales Development Consultant
321 Automotive Consultants, Charlotte, North Carolina
1997 - 2003


Sales Manager/321 Automotive Consultant
Sam Johnson Lincoln Mercury, Charlotte, North Carolina
· Developed on-lot billboard ad to increase sales by buyers who purchase cars through the internet

· Received Lincoln Mercury Award for best sales volume increase in Zone C - 1999

· Received Lincoln Mercury Award for best improvement in the North and South Carolina region 1999
1999 - present


General Sales Manager
Queen City Lincoln Mercury, Charlotte, North Carolina
1997 - 1998


General Sales Manager/Automotive Consultant
Conyers Riverside Ford, Detroit Michigan
1997


Used Car Manager
Sam Johnson Lincoln Mercury, Charlotte, North Carolina
1995 - 1997


General Sales Manager
Leader Lincoln Mercury, St. Louis Missouri
· Ranked number one in retail sales three consecutive years in the Great Lakes region ('93, '94, '95)

· Ranked number one in the United States in the 36 month Red Carpet Lease 1992

1988 - 1995


General Sales Manager
South Boulevard Chrysler Plymouth, Charlotte, North Carolina

· Ranked number one in retail sales three consecutive years in Atlanta region ('85, '86, '87)

1984 - 1988


Sales/Finance Manager
LaPointe Chevrolet, Charlotte, North Carolina

· Chevrolet's Legion of Leaders award recipient for three consecutive years ('81, '82, '83)

1981 - 1984


Salesperson
Town 'N Country Ford, Charlotte, North Carolina

· Ranked in the top 5 salesman out of 50 salespeople

· Salesman of the month on numerous occasions

1979 - 1981


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I want to take the opportunity to introduce you to 3-2-1 Automotive Consultants, a newly formed private enterprise designed to provide top quality automotive management consulting and training for new car dealers.

After 24 years of retail sales experience in the automotive industry, the formation of 3-2-1 was a natural transition for me, and a logical business decision. It allows me the opportunity to utilize years of experience to help strategically reposition new car dealers, and provide new car sales staff with management tools necessary to exeed sales expectations in the new millennium.

Our primary function is to train sales personnel on how to conduct business for the new millennium. A few of the training techniques that we teach are:

  • Telephone skills training
  • Internet skills training
  • Prospecting
  • How to handle the telephone shopper
  • Presenting and demonstrating the new automobile
  • Used car work shop
  • New car work shop
  • Sales management work shop
  • Internet work shop


Our secondary function is " market analysis" where 3-2-1 Automotive Consultants provide in-depth market analysis for your service department. We evaluate your service sales and "clean-up" your dealerships' customer service records so that you can better identify your current market potential. This helps us to better identify and recommend specific marketing opportunities for your dealerships' customer retention and profitability.

This market evaluation of your service sales helps us to achieve the following objectives for you:

· Identify the current market area of your dealership as determined by your dealerships' customer base. This evaluation uses both sales and service customers to delineate the market area.
· Indentify the Potential market area of vehicle owners for the make of vehicle sold by your dealership. Potential rate is the number of your dealerships' sales and service customers that are among Potential owners for the designated market area.
· Recommend specific marketing opportunities avaliable for your dealership to improve customer retention and profitability.


What's the catch? There is no catch.

We all agree that customer satisfaction before and after the sales is the the single most important ingredient to our continued profitability in the new car market place. At 3-2-1 our goal is simple -

"To provide new car dealers with a strategic management/training approach designed to assure continued success and profitability for the new millennium."

I will follow up with you by phone to discuss how 3-2-1 Automotive Consultants can help you realize increased profitability for the new millennium.

Sincerely,

Clayton R. Perry, Sr.
CEO



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MAINTENANCE CHECKBOOK PROGRAM

CUSTOMER DATABASE MAILINGS

MAILER 2

CREST FORD PROGRAM


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Buick - GMC
Bob Ross Buick - GMC
Dealer/Operator
(937)433-0990
Jenell Ross

Chevrolet
Beechmont Chevrolet
General Manager
(513)624-1167
Kirk DeGarmo
Superior Chevrolet
Vice President
(513)541-3300
Steve Minnick
Lynchburg Ford
(434) 385-4807
Jim Mitchell
Universal Ford
GSM
(804) 883-8805
Teron Harris
Crest Ford
Chambersburg, PA
(443) 506-3649
(800) 488-5104
Mickey Bowers
Larry Brown
Member (NADA)
(312) 215-3535
Ford Motor Company
Marketing Mgr
(313) 594-4461
Greg Jose
Ford/Lincoln/Mercury
FLMDDA
(800)247-0293
Dee Suber

Lincoln/Mercury
Quality Ford Mercury
(270)365-3673
Allyn Moore
Vantage Lincoln Mercury
5201 E. Independence Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28212
(704)535-7810
Russell Wright
Sam Johnson
S & J Enterprises
Owns 5 stores
(843) 837-3920
Queen City Lincoln-Mercury
(704) 553-8300
Mr. Otis Vann
Lincoln Dealer (VA)
(540) 529-1270
Haywood Statum

Other
Consultant (Automotive)
(727) 647-6047
Ken Bittner


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321 Service Maintenance Checkbook Program is the most effective customer retention tool in the automotive industry with an average response rate that is 30 times greater than industry standards. The maintenance checkbook program consists of a checkbook that contains service discounts in the form of checks that are designed around the light maintenance of a vehicle for an 18-month period. With redemption rates in excess of 30%, this program is the answer to customer retention problems that dealerships are facing today.

The Program includes:
  • 8 1/2" factory letterhead
  • 4 1/8" x 9 1/2" single window factory envelope
  • Service Checkbook


Contact: Clayton Perry @ 704-231-4809
www.321consultants.com

Price Now Only $1.95 (per Household) Was $2.95

"This is the Best Program in The Market Place"

Reference: Crest Ford Mr.Mickey Bowers 443-506-3649 ( 3 times in His Store)
Sam Johnson Dealer ( 2 )
Jim Mitchell Dealer (7 )
Tom McMichaels Service Director Young Ford ( Charlotte,NC )


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CUSTOMER DATABASE MAILINGS

Your customer database is the best possible list you can use in a direct mail campaign and I recommend you hit it once a quarter. There are two distinct reasons that your customer database is the best list for you to use.
  1. They already know you, trust you and it makes them feel good that you are keeping in touch with them after the sale.
  2. This is the only list available to you that contains the specific type of vehicle that they own/drive.
Because you know what kind of vehicle they drive, we can use that information as variable data in the letter. I recommend we use a hybrid of a vehicle buyback letter and a customer loyalty piece (see attached). With any traditional marketing efforts that you make, you ultimately have 2 ways of generating traffic:
  1. Getting your message into the hands of someone who is in the market to buy and is intrigued by your offer.
  2. Bribing them with free gifts and giveaways.
With the owner loyalty buyback letter you have a third way of generating traffic/sales. When John Jones of 123 Main Street receives your letter, he will see that his specific vehicle, what is parked in his driveway right now has value to you, the dealer. Even if he wasn’t in the market or impressed with your bribe, he will come in to have his vehicle appraised. That means when he comes in, he will give you his keys and his car, which you will have out of sight and out of mind for a minimum of 30 minutes while you do the appraisal. During this time, a sales representative will take him out on the lot and get him ethered on a new vehicle. While this is happening, John Jones has one thought going through his mind over and over again – “if they offer me X amount for my trade, I’m going to go ahead and pull the trigger.” Depending on how much ether you get in him, X amount can vary greatly. This is a great way to sell cars and ultimately gives you the best possible promotion.

Prior to mailing, we put your database through the following processes to ensure the most accurate and efficient final product:

De-duplication – this is exactly what it sounds like, the removal of duplicate records (names/addresses). We use match-code logic for this process which creates a 15 character code consisting of characters from all fields in the record. This helps catch variations of spelling as well as multiple records for one household. For example, my name is Richard Jacob Fabbre. I go by Jake. When I purchased my vehicle from you, I gave you my full name for the loan documents and title information. Three months later, I brought it in for an oil change and just told you my name was Jake Fabbre. Five months later, my wife, Heather, brought the vehicle in for tire rotation. You now have 3 mailers going to one address which is both inefficient and expensive. By using match-code logic to de-dupe your list, we solve this problem and save you money.

NCOA – this stands for the National Change of Address. The USPS maintains a massive database that contains the information of everyone who has relocated. We match your data up against the NCOA to make sure we are sending the letter to the most current address possible. If this process is skipped, you are sending letters to the wrong house. Even if the new occupant takes the time to forward the mail, chances are it won’t be delivered in time for the sale. Once again, this process maximizes the efficiency of your list and saves you money.

LACS – the Locatable Address Conversion System. This process standardizes rural route addresses thereby increasing deliverability rates and saving you money.

CASS – Certified Address Standardization System. A process required by the USPS in order to receive pre-sorted postal rates. This process puts every record in an easily recognizable format and maximizes deliverability.


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DIRECT MAIL

Years of experience in design, production and mailing allow 321 Automotive Consultants to consistently produce high quality, four-color process mailing materials. These letter brochures are personalized with customer information projecting a personal, quality and consistent message that generate results. The return mail allows for address verification, correction and database maintenance to ensure the accuracy of the database prior to the mailing of additional campaigns.

Mailing program
categories include:
  • New Car Programs
  • Pre-Owned Programs
  • Off Lease Programs
Mailing programs
include:
  • 8 1/2" x 14" four color promotional letter
  • 4 1/8" x 9 1/2" custom double window envelope
  • Hole N' One Insurance
  • First class postage
  • Letter shop services
  • Data cleaning and address validation
  • Data maintenance and warehousing





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